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Cobham and Draken sign Teaming Agreement

Cobham and Draken sign Teaming Agreement

13 Jul 2017

Cobham and Draken International team to deliver operational readiness training solutions for the UK Ministry of Defence Air Support to Defence Operational Training program.

Royal International Air Tattoo, United Kingdom: Cobham Special
Mission (Cobham) today announced that it has signed a Teaming
Agreement with Draken International for jointly developing
solutions for the delivery of operational readiness training under
the UK MoD's Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT)
program.

In order to prepare air, naval and land forces for the complex
and multiple layered threats of today and for the future, the
Teaming Agreement will bring together the extensive experience of
both organisations in the delivery of operational readiness
training. The combination of Cobham's electronic warfare
training expertise and technical excellence, in both the live and
synthetic training environments, which has successfully been
delivered to the UK MoD and internationally for the last 30 years,
complemented by Draken's world renowned reputation for delivering
agile fighter adversary air services, will provide the most
comprehensive and innovative operational readiness training
solution for delivery of the ASDOT program.

Peter Nottage, CEO and President of Cobham Aviation Services,
said: "Cobham already has very considerable internal capabilities
and experience in both the live and synthetic environments, but we
continue to build on that core, internally and through strategic
partnerships to offer world leading threat training across the full
spectrum of the Live, Virtual and Constructive environment. This is
about delivering world leading, full scope training services and
this teaming with Draken adds a highly experienced and capable
agile fighter training capability to the mix. Our work to advance
existing in-house synthetic threat training technology development
continues and when combined with our unparalleled electronic
warfare training expertise, and Draken we will deliver an ASDOT
solution which will provide the most advanced training environment
in order to ensure military personnel and equipment are correctly
prepared to conduct operations globally and with enhanced mission
success."

Jared Isaacman, CEO and President of Draken International Inc.,
stated: "There is definitely a global paradigm shift occurring
amongst coalition militaries on how our warfighters accomplish
readiness training. Now more than ever, operational forces need to
be challenged against a realistic, threat-representative training
adversary with enhanced capabilities and a capacity that allows
4th+/5th generation assets to effectively train. The force
multiplying presentation this Cobham/Draken partnership provides
for the ASDOT program will certainly deliver a robust contested
training environment, testing our fighting forces against
industry's leading adversary service. These enhanced capabilities
will be delivered cost-effectively, creating cost savings for the
UK government."

The competition for the ASDOT program is expected to formally
commence later in 2017.

Our full scope capabilities, optimising the blend of extensive
commercial and defence experience, benefit government and military
customers with responsive and cost-effective turn-key
solutions.

About Cobham

The most important thing we build is trust.

Cobham offers an innovative range of technologies and services
to solve challenging problems in commercial, defence and security
markets, from deep space to the depths of the ocean.

We employ around 11,000 people primarily in the USA, UK, Europe
and Australia, and have customers and partners in over 100
countries, with market leading positions in: wireless, audio, video
and data communications, including satellite communications;
defence electronics; air-to-air refuelling; aviation services; life
support and mission equipment.

The challenging and rewarding roles we offer, across a wide
range of disciplines are what make Cobham a true global technology
and services leader. To view our current roles visit www.cobham.com/careers.

About Draken International

As the global defense and military climate changes, the
need has never been greater for cost-effective and professional
contract air support

Draken International has created a new standard in aviation
service capabilities for all branches of the United States
Military, Department of Defense, the French Navy, the Dutch Weapons
School and allied international militaries. With a fleet of
over 100 tactical fighter aircraft, Draken owns and operates the
world's largest commercial fleet of tactical ex-military aircraft.
Draken is the only contract air service company globally
operating fighters with modern fire-control radars and 4th
generation capabilities. Draken supports military training
objectives in the US and internationally, providing tremendous cost
savings over the use of traditional military fighter assets. As an
organization, we are uniquely positioned to answer the growing
demand for contract air support.